Word: stamford
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Though Lieberman's faith has deepened over the years, he was Orthodox from birth, the eldest of three children raised in a devout household in Stamford, Conn., where his father owned a liquor store. In high school, he was so observant that although his classmates voted him king of the prom, he wasn't there to take his throne beside the queen that night--the prom was held on the Jewish Sabbath...
...first moment I choked up," Lieberman said, was when he saw a copy of the Stamford Advocate, with its front-page headline--"He's Coming Home...
...most poignant moments of his speech, Lieberman recounted how Stamford embraced his grandmother, an immigrant from Central Europe...
Politicians were not the only ones cheering Lieberman. Stamford residents lined the path of the motorcade that whisked Gore and Lieberman back to the airport. One Gore supporter even sported a red, white and blue Gore-Lieberman yarmulke...
...Hickey, whose family has lived in Stamford for four generations, said he was proud to have his hometown represented by Lieberman...